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Workplace adaptability helps you react effectively to a variety of situations. In this article, we’ll cover six ways to develop your adaptability skills, including how to become a better problem solver, embrace change, keep an open mind, practice mindfulness, and push yourself out of your comfort zone. The workplace is an ever-changing, dynamic place. A campaign that works brilliantly one day totally flops the next. The colleague you’ve always relied on is suddenly out on leave.

Behind every captivating intranet lies intentional design choices that speak to organizational identity. This year's Simpplr Employee Experience Excellence Award winners demonstrate how thoughtful naming, consistent visual elements, compelling multimedia, and unexpected features turn standard digital workplaces into distinctive brand experiences.

We’ve seen a serious uptick in misinformation about Element and Matrix over the last week, so thought it would be useful to set the record straight from Element’s side.

Unrecorded work activities cost the U.S. economy nearly 50 million hours of lost productivity every single day. That’s a huge waste of time and money. If you don’t track time properly, you could miss deadlines, face payroll issues, and see a drop in performance without even knowing it. Thankfully, time tracking has come a long way. We’re not talking about paper timesheets anymore.

You don’t need another app. You require a system, because without one, your team is one missed message away from being that meme dog sitting in the flames, quietly muttering, “This is fine.” Sound familiar? Endless pings on five tools. A hidden task in last week’s discussion. A simple question left unaddressed for hours, just when you need an answer now. Not that your team is apathetic. It’s that without a system, communication becomes messy.

Sometimes, clear communication is one saved life. In the medical field, this is no figure of speech — it’s reality. From daily rounds to life-or-death moments, communication is integral to every phase of medical work. And yet, it’s often the one that breaks first. Busy shifts, endless handovers, details splintered over platforms — these are common challenges for medical professionals.

Operational efficiency is the engine behind a profitable, scalable business. But as your consultancy, agency, or firm grows, staying efficient becomes harder. Why? Because issues like scope creep, manual workflows, and resource conflicts will also grow if left unaddressed. And they can quickly sink productivity and your profits. Here are our top tips to improve operational efficiency as you scale.

Managing remote teams is tough without the right tools. Learn which 5 categories of remote work software help teams stay aligned, productive, and engaged.

Are you looking for a perfect post to know all there is to know about timesheets? It’s right here. As you already know that it’s your human resources that run your business by working for you. So, to know how efficient they are and how much you need to pay them, you need to know their work hours. Did you know that missed employee hours and/or time theft can cost you 20% of every dollar earned? That’s why time entries play an essential role.

Element will participate in the Building Sovereign Digital Workspace discussion track at UN Open Source Week. We’ve been invited to present a session titled: “The importance of open standard federation for chat.” A genuine open standard is the single most important part of ensuring digitally sovereign communications between multiple separate organisations.